In The View Across the Bay, Caleb and Kaya meet in the supermarket car park, strangers but veryfamiliar to each other, and fall in love at first sight. The novel explores their first long weekendtogether, and from there expands to include Kaya's mother, Grace, and Caleb's father, Henry, astheir lives develop. Kaya and Caleb reassess their relationship after their children have left home to study.